Vol 37 No 6 | NIGERIA Advocates, advisors and accountants 15th March 1996 No one could describe General Sani Abacha as a convert to market economics yet the policy of 'guided deregulation' begun last year is certainly his own. Whilst he...
Vol 42 No 22 | NIGERIA Unknown soldiers 9th November 2001 A massacre of more than 200 Tiv causes ructions in the military and the federation When Nigerian soldiers slaughtered more than 200 civilians in Benue State, they called into question the moral basis of President Olusegun Obasanjo's government. The Obasanjo regime, in contrast...
Vol 37 No 14 | NIGERIA Commonwealth collapse 5th July 1996 Foreign minister Ikimi and his team bamboozle Marlborough House Nigeria's delegation of 17 emerged victorious from its closed-door confrontation with the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group in London on 24-25 June. Led by Foreign Minister Tom Ikimi, it...
Vol 54 No 21 | NIGERIA Ibori treasure hunt to go on 17th October 2013 The ex-governor fraudster is going to make the Crown work for his loot. Now, a ‘retrial’ will investigate his assets fully in 2014 The process of deciding how much of ex-Delta State Governor James Ibori’s assets the Crown will confiscate will now continue in what promises to be high courtroom drama...
Vol 60 No 13 | NIGERIA The rise of Godwin Emefiele 28th June 2019 As the country awaits a new government, four months after elections, the Central Bank Governor has stamped his authority on economic policy The importance of Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, to President Muhammadu Buhari's plans was clear as he set out his agenda for the next...